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So Panic have now introduced Plug-Ins for Coda so who would like to create an EE one?

I tried to import the Textmate bundle but it doesn’t seem to work for me.

Here is the link - http://www.panic.com/coda/developer/howto/plugins.php

what would an EE plugin do though?

You can import bundles so I imagine anything the Textmate bundle can do.

I’ve never used textmate - I used to use BBedit, but now I am Coda all the way.

Does TextMate do special EE related stuff then?

It is very good for shortcuts etc. You should head over to their site for a closer look.

having paid cash money for Coda? - no way!

having paid cash money for Coda? - no way!

No! To learn about what it offers silly!

I fear the new.

I tried to import the Textmate bundle but it doesn’t seem to work for me.

Looking at the Coda developer docs, it looks like Coda can only(?) import TextMate Commands from the bundles, not the snippets et al. And the only Command in the EE bundle seems to be “Documentation for Tag.” I might be wrong about this, but that’s my understanding from looking at the Coda developer page.

It looks as though this is one of those upgrades that will only really start to show its value once people have had a chance to get their head around the plugin system and start releasing things. What I’d really like to see is the ability to add automatic code completion for extra languages such as, ooh I don’t know, Expression Engine tags. I’m assuming that’s not doable yet, could I be wrong?

I tried to import the Textmate bundle but it doesn’t seem to work for me.

Looking at the Coda developer docs, it looks like Coda can only(?) import TextMate Commands from the bundles, not the snippets et al. And the only Command in the EE bundle seems to be “Documentation for Tag.” I might be wrong about this, but that’s my understanding from looking at the Coda developer page.

It seems to be that way. I opened up the Plug-in creator and all I see is the script for commands, but nothing else. All I am really looking for is the ability to use the auto completing syntax feature. Maybe I will have to devote some time to this.

There’s no hook into Coda’s inline auto completion - at least, I think there isn’t. The best I could do right now is to present a new window with tags filtered by the text the insertion point is on - if it matches one of the tags the plugin knows about.

This is a prototype to see what can be done. I entered a few of EE’s core tags, and variables aren’t in there yet. I’d like to add the ability to save customized tags.

The plugin is for Coda 1.6 and OS X 10.5 Leopard only (even though Coda supports 10.4). I’m using some 10.5 only features, and I don’t have a 10.4 machine to test on.

I don’t want buggy software around - so this version is set to expire Jan 15, 2009.

Please test first on non critical files, and let me know your suggestions.

Thanks.

2009-01-18: Download link removed

Nice! This looks like a fantastic start, thanks for sharing it. The most desirable additions that come to mind would be making the window easily navigable by keyboard and having it close when you click ‘insert’ so you can carry on working with the document immediately. Even as it is I can see the plugin being really handy for those ‘oh what’s that parameter again?’ moments.

Hi Andrew,

Just downloaded this and double-clicked on the Plugin to install it. At first I didn’t think it had done it so I double-clicked again but this time Coda told me I already had it installed.

Just wondering how you use this exactly as it doesn’t show up in the Plugins menu anywhere?

Best wishes,

Mark

I already had Coda running (naturally) and double-clicked the plugin to install it. Oddly I found that it was immediately added to the Coda plugins menu under the name ‘EE Helper’. The main functionality is accessed by hitting cmd + \ which opens up the EE helper window - does that work for you?